Venus is the name of two characters in the Marvel Comics universe. The first originally appeared in Venus #1 in the 1940s. Within the context of the stories, she is an Olympian who works with the Agents of Atlas.
The second, also known as Aphrodite, was created by Jeff Parker and Carlo Pagulayan and debuted in X-Men vs. Agents of Atlas #2 in November 2009. Within the context of the stories, she attacks the first Venus, whom she sees as an imposter.
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Famous quotes containing the word venus:
“Knaves and fools
have done you impious wrong,
Venus, for venery stands for impurity
and Venus as desire
is venereous, lascivious.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
“For her own person,
It beggared all description: she did lie
In her pavilion—cloth of gold, of tissue—
O’er-picturing that Venus where we see
The fancy outwork nature.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“It is no longer a flame hidden in my veins; now it is Venus in all her might fastened to her prey.”
—Jean Racine (1639–1699)